Atlantic Council: the number of US-based investors in spyware companies nearly tripled in 2024 to 31, compared to just 11 in 2023, topping Israel's 26 investors
A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new countries linked to the dangerous technology.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says a proposed Biden-era rule to curb the export of AI chips to nations like Israel and the UAE could have unintended consequences
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Microsoft calls on Trump to ease US export rules on data center chips for allies including India, Switzerland, and Israel, classed in the second of three tiers
Request highlights the president's challenging task of trying to boost U.S. businesses and limit China's advances in artificial intelligence
Some US congressional leaders who championed the TikTok law now want to delay the ban from going into effect, showing how much politics has shifted on the issue
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a bipartisan law that aims to ban TikTok nationwide beginning … Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : TikTok admits things look bleak with the app likely “to go dark” on Sunda...
The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China
now the EU has shown concerns about the U.S. limits on how much AI chips certain EU states can buy. — ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Sung Kim / @sungkim : Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stated “Hold...
Israel compromising Hezbollah pagers shows the West must take hardware security more seriously, especially as most electronics manufacturing has shifted to Asia
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Kaspersky plans to close its US business and eliminate US-based positions, following the country's ban on the sale of its antivirus tool starting July 20
offices to close by July 20 Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Russian cyber firm Kaspersky to shut down US operations after ban Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Kaspersky Decamps the US Following Government Ban ...
The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction
without paying junk fees. Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : A small but important thing to make the government work better and improve people's lives @jason : ummm... that actually seems kinda reason...
The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
US House Speaker plans to bundle the TikTok divestiture bill, with a revised proposal, in a Ukraine and Israel aid bill expected to clear the Senate on April 20
- Johnson to include measure in aid package for Ukraine, Israel — Biden has said he would sign bill forcing ByteDance to divest